Opening Hours
Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Rare Books
Wagons west : 1843, Old Oregon Trail Centennial, 1943
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Rare Books
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Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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Rare Books
196249
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Manuscripts
Two record books kept by the Oregon Trail Memorial Association from 1926-1931. Includes meeting minutes (most kept by secretary Allen Eaton), memorial notices, member lists, financial records, annual reports, National Pioneer Dinner programs (1930), text of some speeches from special events (including "The Westward March of America" by Howard R. Driggs, Dec.29, 1930, in honor of Ezra Meeker's 100th birthday), Oregon Trail Memorial Essay Contest winner Hilda Gillam's essay and photograph, and notes from Ezra Meeker's memorial service. Also includes "Ezra Meeker's last letter" (Oct.1925), miscellaneous letters and clippings related to the Association (1938-1939), an issue of the American Trails Courier with proof (1962), essays on Rebecca Winter by Howard R. Driggs, a poem called South Pass by Henry G. Hillier, and assorted ephemera.
mssHM 74798-74799
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Rare Books
196026
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Visual Materials
This collection contains photographs by historian Ralph P. Bieber documenting the central overland route to California as it appeared in the 1950s. Bieber visited the sites in conjunction with a project to record every aspect of the trails and circumstances associated with the migration of people to California during the Gold Rush years and subsequently. The images document the route through Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, Wyoming, Idaho, Utah, Nevada, and California. Bieber organized and annotated the photographs himself, and his original order, based primarily on print size, has been maintained. Additionally, Bieber created photographic categories such as "Donner Party Sites," "Gold Discovery Sites," and "Sites associated with John C. Frémont." Note that Bieber did not arrange the photographs geographically.
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